Slain Van Horn High School sophomore Javon Reilly was remembered at a vigil near the school Tuesday evening, a day after he was fatally shot outside a home about a block away.A large crowd met at the school and walked with candles to the shooting scene.Javon Reilly was the youngest of his mother’s five children.“He wanted to play football,” Jackie Reilly said. “He was going to be in the NFL so he could buy me a house,” she said.Friends said Javon Reilly, 16, was well on his way. They left memories in chalk on the driveway where he was shot minutes after school let out Monday.Police said Tymon Reed, 20, confronted Javon Reilly while he was walking with friends. They said Reed pulled a gun and the two fought over it, but Reed kept pulling on the trigger. Reed has been charged with second-degree murder.“This is the thing that affected everybody’s life,” said friend Eladio Acuna. “It’s not just one person. It’s everybody’s life. When you affect somebody at Van Horn, it affects the whole school.”Many people at Tuesday’s vigil wore Javon Reilly’s favorite color blue and they planned to wear Chiefs red on Wednesday. They gathered in front of one of his favorite spots to remember who he was and what could have been.“He was great. He was doing good in school so that he could play football,” Jackie Reilly said. “(He was) a very caring young kid and didn’t deserve this at all.”A relative started a GoFundMe account to help the family with funeral expenses. A stranger who was touched by what happened has already donated a burial plot.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. —

Slain Van Horn High School sophomore Javon Reilly was remembered at a vigil near the school Tuesday evening, a day after he was fatally shot outside a home about a block away.

A large crowd met at the school and walked with candles to the shooting scene.

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Javon Reilly was the youngest of his mother’s five children.

“He wanted to play football,” Jackie Reilly said. “He was going to be in the NFL so he could buy me a house,” she said.

Friends said Javon Reilly, 16, was well on his way. They left memories in chalk on the driveway where he was shot minutes after school let out Monday.

Police said Tymon Reed, 20, confronted Javon Reilly while he was walking with friends. They said Reed pulled a gun and the two fought over it, but Reed kept pulling on the trigger. Reed has been charged with second-degree murder.

“This is the thing that affected everybody’s life,” said friend Eladio Acuna. “It’s not just one person. It’s everybody’s life. When you affect somebody at Van Horn, it affects the whole school.”

Many people at Tuesday’s vigil wore Javon Reilly’s favorite color blue and they planned to wear Chiefs red on Wednesday. They gathered in front of one of his favorite spots to remember who he was and what could have been.

“He was great. He was doing good in school so that he could play football,” Jackie Reilly said. “(He was) a very caring young kid and didn’t deserve this at all.”

A relative started a GoFundMe account to help the family with funeral expenses. A stranger who was touched by what happened has already donated a burial plot.